Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 2 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 3 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 4 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 5 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 6 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 7 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 9 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |